Egypt Spots Flaws in Wiping Out Pigs


	Egypt Spots Flaws in Wiping Out Pigs

EddieIsSteady

9-20-2009 4:45 PM

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sanitation, animals, egypt, environment

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9-20-2009 4:46 PM

lollipop10

oops.
that's disgusting.

9-20-2009 5:17 PM

aklimento

How about recycling?

9-20-2009 8:15 PM

Antara

Yes, very disgusting and a result of a very disgusting decision to slaughter the pigs to begin with:

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/09/after-mass-pig-slaughter-living-like-pigs.html

9-20-2009 9:19 PM

lollipop10

You know slaughtering an animal/animals is not fun. But there was absolutely no excuse for that. I didn't even finish watching it, that's just barbaric.

9-20-2009 10:51 PM

aklimento

I turned off on 20 sec. What a sick mind invented this name swine flu? (((

)))

9-21-2009 12:45 AM

arifsali

"You now make your people eat garbage", said all the pigs in heaven.

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